Transitional housing is a very helpful resource for people in Terrytown who have completed a drug treatment program but still require time to completely re-acclimate to normal life and the real world. For an individual who has used drugs or alcohol to self medicate and especially for long term addicts, the world can seem like a formidable place now that he or she has to endure life without alcohol or drugs. Transitional housing in Terrytown provides a secure setting where individuals who are in this phase of the drug rehab experience can slowly become comfortable with the process of rebuilding their life without drugs and on their own. While in transitional housing individuals can continue to participate in individualized and group counseling as needed to help them along, and also to find stable employment and housing so that they have a good chance at remaining abstinent and being to lead a fruitful and happy life.